Feds Will Skip Border Wall Impact Study Before Building Through Wildlife Refuge
Feds Will Skip Border Wall Impact Study Before Building Through Wildlife Refuge
By Anya Byrd, Colorlines (2.5 minute read) Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. […]
One of the Victims of the Immigrant Trailer Tragedy was a DREAMer
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1.5 minute read) We know a little more today about the victims of the immigrant trailer tragedy of this past weekend. Ten migrants died when they were […]
U.S. Latino family Wealth
There’s a report that says U.S. Latinos families were the hardest hit by the Great Recession, and the impact is still felt. Specifically, Latino family wealth has yet to recover […]
Many Latino College Students are Homeless, Hungry
NewsTaco HEALTH TUESDAY By Eric Moreno, Salud Today (2.5 minute read) There are more Latino college students than ever before. The bad news is that the high cost of higher education […]
Latino Children and the ACA
The U.S. Senate is going to vote today on something having to do with Healthcare. I don’t mean to be flippant, but, there are still unanswered questions. Here’s what we […]
The Immigrant Trailer Tragedy is One Story in 6,000
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read) An average of 428 people die each year attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. In the past 14 years 6,000 undocumented […]
How DREAMers are in the middle of a political showdown
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I’m looking at a perfect storm brewing for DREAMers. It’s been building for a while, but I think it’s going to hit soon. Sen. Dick Durbin, […]
Been in a good political argument lately? There are stats on that, and Latinos are pretty chill
They’re happening more often since Trump set up office in the West Wing. And they’re happening more with White, educated women. That’s what a recent Pew poll found. Latinos, on […]
National Latino group pulls convention from Texas over SB4
By Paul Cobler, Houston Chronicle (2.5 minute read) The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators is moving its annual convention from Houston to Chicago in protest of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” bill, SB4. […]
Teenage Activists Stage Quinceañera-Themed Protest of SB 4 at Texas Capitol
By Ignacio Martinez, The Texas Observer (2.5 minute read) Fifteen teenage activists took to the Capitol Wednesday for a quinceañera-themed protest of Senate Bill 4, the so-called sanctuary cities ban. Donning […]
